---
type: lake
name: "Hartley Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Nashwauk"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 288
max_depth_ft: 49
latitude: 47.5578
longitude: -93.30816
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "31015400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/hartley-lake
---

# Hartley Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Nashwauk

- **Surface Area**: 288 acres
- **Max Depth**: 49 ft
- **Average Depth**: 21 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Hartley Lake is a 288-acre lake near Nashwauk in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 49 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 21 feet, and has roughly 4.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.1 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 16
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2005-04-13
- **Latest**: 2018-05-04

## Nearby Lakes

- [Scooty Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/scooty-lake) - 1.5 miles, 167 acres
- [Wolf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wolf-lake) - 2.3 miles, 197 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/round-lake-bigfork) - 3.8 miles, 460 acres
- [King Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/king-lake) - 4.4 miles, 311 acres
- [Lower Balsam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lower-balsam-lake) - 4.4 miles, 259 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/long-lake) - 4.5 miles, 346 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.5578,-93.30816)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31015400)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/hartley-lake)*